Intertek

“They have a good understanding of the local market and have always been able to find us good quality candidates. They understand our culture and the type of people that will work well and that is reflected by the high retention rates”

Martin fotheringham
Group Corporate Development Director

In 2004, RCG Moody had just been backed by Close Brothers Private Equity.

Martin Fotheringham joined as Group Finance Director and needed to strengthen the Global Finance team by hiring a Group Controller whose brief was to manage the accounting and group consolidation for the group covering 60 countries. Harvey John was instructed to conduct a search campaign by headhunting from top firms and through targeted advertising.

We successfully recruited Tom Dunlop (ACA) from Grant Thornton and Brake Brothers. He is still with the business after the sale to Intertek in 2011 (FSTE 100 business).

RCG Moody was sold in a Secondary Buyout to Investcorp in 2007 and during the next three years the business experienced continued organic and acquisitive growth which required an ongoing strengthening and building of the finance team at Group Head Office. Moody’s performance has been recognised frequently in The Sunday Times Awards for growth.

Working primarily with the CFO the roles that we have assisted in sourcing, working as a sole agent, have included: